Newspaper Know-How
This is the basic form of most news stories.
What is inverted pyramid form?
The first amendment covers these five freedoms.
What are the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition.
"Deep Throat" was the codename for a source used by this reporting team during the Watergate scandal.
Who are Woodward and Bernstein?
The AP in "AP Style" stands for this non-profit news agency.
What is the Associated Press?
These are the four functions of media?
What are economic, social, political watchdog and record-keeping functions.
This is the introductory paragraph of a journalism article.
What is a lede (lead)?
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes uses the term "free trade of ideas" when writing his dissenting opinion on anti-draft and anti-weapon literature during this war.
What is World War I?
Katherine Graham was an underestimated socialite when she took over and re-invigorated this newspaper.
What is The Washington Post?
These are known as the"Five Ws".
What are who, what, where, when and why?
Hazelwood v Kulmeier established that school newspapers are this and not a public forum for student voices.
What is a school activity?
This is the title of a news article.
What is a headline?
This is a type of defamation, expressed in print.
What is libel?
The Defense Department report on this war was the cause of further social outcry and a landmark First Amendment case.
What is the Vietnam War?
In AP style, the line bearing the author's name is known by this practical term.
What is a byline?
Tinker v. Des Moines established the idea that students do not leave these at the school door.
What is First Amendment rights?
This is a type of opinion writing that appears in a specific section of a newspaper.
What is an editorial (or opinion-editorial)?
This is a type of defamation, usually made orally.
What is slander?
In the movie, The Post, Style Editor Meg Greenfield has been banned from covering this White House event.
What is Nixon's daughter's (Tricia Nixon's) wedding?
In AP Style, all numbers under ten should be presented in this form (with a few exceptions).
What is in "word" or "written" form?
Joseph Pulitzer and this man were in a battle for New York readership in the early 1900s.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
This type of article takes a more in-depth look at a specific event, subject or person.
What is a feature story?
In this case, nicknamed for the government agency that wrote the report, the Supreme Court found a heavy presumption against the government's right to prior restraint.
What are the Pentagon papers?
In the movie, The Post, Katherine Graham was up against two obstacles at the same time - the Nixon administration and an IPO, an acronym for this stock market term.
What is an initial public offering?
In MLA style, identifying the source of a quote or direct information is known as citation; in AP style it is known as this.
What is attribution?
The freedom of speech does not cover this type of speech.
What is threatening speech (or speech that incites imminent danger)?